Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Orodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)
Belongs to Orodus according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Agassiz 1836, Agassiz 1838, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Orodus alleni, Orodus carinatus, Orodus catenatus, Orodus cinctus, Orodus colletti, Orodus daedalus, Orodus decussatus, Orodus elegantulus, Orodus elongatus, Orodus fastigiatus, Orodus gibbosus, Orodus gibbus, Orodus greggi, Orodus intermedius, Orodus ipeunaensis, Orodus major, Orodus mammillaris, Orodus micropterygius, Orodus minutus, Orodus moniliformis, Orodus neglectus, Orodus ornatus, Orodus parallelus, Orodus parvulus, Orodus plicatus, Orodus tenuis, Orodus tuberculatus, Orodus turgidus, Orodus variabilis, Orodus varicostatus
Type specimen: BMNH P.2703, a tooth
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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